2022 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2022 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament is the 43rd tournament in the history of the men's Central Collegiate Hockey Association. The first tournament held after the revival of the conference, it began on March 4 and will end on March 19, 2022. All games are played at home campus sites. The winner of the tournament will receive the CCHA's automatic bid for the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The first round of the postseason tournament features a best-of-three games format, while the semifinals and final are single games held at the campus sites of the highest remaining seeds. All eight conference teams participated in the tournament. Teams are seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to their final conference standings, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The higher-seeded teams each earned home ice and hosted one of the lower-seeded teams.[1] The teams that advance out of the quarterfinals are reseeded according to the regular season standings. The semifinals and final are single-elimination games. The winners of the semifinals play one another to determine the conference tournament champion.

Conference standings

Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL 3/SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#1 Minnesota State †*262330200671152842375017254
#14 Michigan Tech261682240549353372113311875
Bemidji State26141201104283813919200118121
Lake Superior State26131301103969643718181107104
Northern Michigan26121313013586993720161132136
Bowling Green2611141210336787371519394119
Ferris State269161220286699361124190135
St. Thomas263221040144511236332161168
Championship: March 19, 2022
† indicates conference regular season champion (MacNaughton Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Mason Cup)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated April 1, 2022

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
March 4–6
Semifinals
March 12
Championship
March 19
                               
  1 Minnesota State 3 8 - 1 Minnesota State 8  
8 St. Thomas 2 2 - 5 Northern Michigan 1  
  2 Michigan Tech 3* 3** -
7 Ferris State 2 2 -     1 Minnesota State 2*
  3 Bemidji State 1
  3 Bemidji State 1 4 3
6 Bowling Green 2 2 1
  4 Lake Superior State 1 3 4 2 Michigan Tech 2
5 Northern Michigan 5 2 5 3 Bemidji State 5  

Note: * denotes overtime periods

Results

Note: All game times are local.

(1) Minnesota State vs. (8) St. Thomas

March 4, 2022
7:07 PM
Minnesota State3 – 2
(0–1, 1–1, 2–0)
St. ThomasMayo Clinic Health System Event Center
Attendance: 3,351
March 5, 2022
6:07 PM
Minnesota State8 – 2
(1–1, 4–0, 3–1)
St. ThomasMayo Clinic Health System Event Center
Attendance: 3,627
Minnesota State Won Series 2–0

(2) Michigan Tech vs. (7) Ferris State

March 4, 2022
7:07 PM
Michigan Tech3 – 2 (OT)
(0–0, 1–1, 1–1, 1–0)
Ferris StateMacInnes Student Ice Arena
Attendance: 2,016
March 5, 2022
6:07 PM
Michigan Tech3 – 2 (2OT)
(1–0, 0–0, 1–2, 0–0, 1–0)
Ferris StateMacInnes Student Ice Arena
Attendance: 2,272
Michigan Tech Won Series 2–0

(3) Bemidji State vs. (6) Bowling Green

March 4, 2022
7:07 PM
Bemidji State1 – 2
(1–1, 0–0, 0–1)
Bowling GreenSanford Center
Attendance: 1,422
March 5, 2022
6:07 PM
Bemidji State4 – 2
(2–0, 1–1, 1–1)
Bowling GreenSanford Center
Attendance: 1,601
March 6, 2022
5:07 PM
Bemidji State3 – 1
(0–0, 1–0, 2–1)
Bowling GreenSanford Center
Attendance: 1,512
Bemidji State Won Series 2–1

(4) Lake Superior State vs. (5) Northern Michigan

March 4, 2022
6:07 PM
Lake Superior State1 – 5
(0–0, 0–2, 1–3)
Northern MichiganTaffy Abel Arena
Attendance: 1,050
March 5, 2022
6:07 PM
Lake Superior State3 – 2
(1–0, 2–1, 0–1)
Northern MichiganTaffy Abel Arena
Attendance: 1,100
March 6, 2022
6:07 PM
Lake Superior State4 – 5
(2–1, 1–4, 1–0)
Northern MichiganTaffy Abel Arena
Attendance: 850
Northern Michigan Won Series 2–1

(1) Minnesota State vs. (5) Northern Michigan

March 12, 2022
6:07 PM
Minnesota State8 – 1
(2–0, 4–1, 2–0)
Northern MichiganMayo Clinic Health System Event Center
Attendance: 4,492

(2) Michigan Tech vs. (3) Bemidji State

March 12, 2022
6:07 PM
Michigan Tech2 – 5
(0–0, 1–1, 1–4)
Bemidji StateMacInnes Student Ice Arena
Attendance: 2,634

(1) Minnesota State vs. (3) Bemidji State

March 19, 2022
6:07 PM
Minnesota State2 – 1 (OT)
(0–0, 1–1, 0–0, 0–1)
Bemidji StateMayo Clinic Health System Event Center
Attendance: 5,126

Tournament awards

References

  1. "2022 CCHA Mason Cup Playoffs". CCHA. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
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